Empirical models for predicting volumes of sediment deposited by debris flows and sediment-laden floods in the transverse ranges of southern California

Engineering Geology

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-56

  Gartner, Joseph E ^a   Cannon, Susan H ^a   Santi, Paul M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Hazard assessment; Post fire erosion; Sediment laden flood; Volume of sediment

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FIRES; FLOODS; FORECASTING; MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN; WATERSHEDS;

ASSESSMENT MODELS; DEBRIS FLOWS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; POST-FIRE EROSION; RAINFALL CONDITION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; WATERSHED MORPHOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; TRANSVERSE RANGES; UNITED STATES; VENTURA;

EID: 84900018823     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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